Rasheedat Ajibade

Rasheedat Ajibade
Personal information
Full name Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade
Date of birth (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Robo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 – present FC Robo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rasheedat Ajibade (born December 8, 1999)[1] is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for FC Robo in the Nigeria Women Premier League and the Nigeria women's national football team. Ajibade represented Nigeria at age grade competitions, before making her competitive debut for the senior team at the 2018 WAFU Cup in Côte d'Ivoire. In 2017, she was named first in a top 10 list of most promising young footballers on the African continent by Goal.com.[2]

Career

Ajibade has represented Nigeria at under-17, under-20 and senior national team.[3] She has been playing for FC Robo since the 2013 Nigeria Women Premier League season. In 2014, she was listed as one of the best young talents in the league.[4] In September 2018, she won the Nigerian women football freestyle competition for the second consecutive time.[5]

Club career

During the 2015 Nigeria Women Premier League week 2 games, Ajibade was listed in the team of the week, compiled by Soccerladuma South Africa, despite her team losing to Confluence Queens during the round of matches.[6] For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League season, Ajibade was made team captain of FC Robo.[7] Ajibade was one of the scorers in Robos' home win against Ibom Angels during the season.[8] On July 13, 2017, after losing to visitors Rivers Angels, Ajibade was quoted by SuperSport to rue her team chances of qualifying for Super 4, because of the difference in points and the limited number of games remaining.[9] Ajibade won the first edition of Nigeria National Freestyle Championship, which is a competition to promote freestyling football.[10] In 2017, despite Robo not being among teams that finished tops, Ajibade was voted player of the season after scoring eight goals to save her team from relegation.[11] In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards.[12]

International career

In the African qualifiers, en route to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Ajibade scored a brace for Nigeria first leg win over Namibia.[13] At the competition proper, Ajibade scored the winning goal in Nigeria's first game against China.[14] In the final group game against Mexico, Ajibade scored a goal in Nigeria, two goal win to seal a quarter final game with Spain.[15]

Ajibade was named in Coach Bala Nikiyu 21-man squad for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, wearing jersey number 10.[16][17] At the competition, Ajibade was the captain of Nigeria, and spoke to FIFA.com on the determination of the team to do better than the quarter-final finish they had in 2014.[18] Ajibade was also part of Nigeria players at 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she was named man-of-the-match in the second group game against Canada.[19]

In the first round encounter to determine Africa's representative at 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Ajibade scored a brace in the first leg tie against Tanzania, that gave Nigeria a three-goal advantage before the return leg in Dar e Sallam.[20] In the return leg, played in October 2017, Ajibade scored two goals in Nigeria six goal win against the home-side.[21] On 27 January 2018, Ajibade scored two goals in Nigeria's six goal win against South Africa, the win confirmed Nigeria's qualification for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France.[22]

In February 2018, Ajibade alongside Joy Jegede, Osarenoma Igbinovia and 18 other players were selected by head coach, Thomas Dennerby to represent Nigeria at the inaugural edition of WAFU Cup in Côte d'Ivoire.[23] In the second group game of the regional tournament, Ajibade scored a hat-trick to take Nigeria to the semi-finals with a game left.[24][25]

Honours

Individual

Team

References

  1. ↑ "R. AJIBADE". Soccerway. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Top 10: African most promising women footballers to watch in 2018". Goal.com. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Costa Rica 2014: Nigeria's U17 Women Coach names 21 players". Premium Times. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. ↑ "The Top Young Talent In Nigerian Women's Football". SL10. June 19, 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  5. ↑ Oludare, Shina. "Rasheedat Ajibade retains Nigeria women freestyle crown".
  6. ↑ "NWPL Team Of Round Two". SL10. May 12, 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  7. ↑ "Champions Rivers Angels stay in touch with Bayelsa Queens after easy win at Robo Queens". July 13, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  8. ↑ "Ogbonda rues loss at FC Robo". Supersport. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  9. ↑ "Ajibade unsure of NWFL Super Four". Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  10. ↑ "McCarthy Obanor, Rasheedat Ajibade emerge Nigeria Freestyle Football Champions". July 25, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  11. ↑ "LBA 2017 Takes Centre Stage in Lagos". November 24, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  12. ↑ Abayomi, Tosin (May 11, 2018). "Mikel, Moses lead nominations for fifth edition". Pulse. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  13. ↑ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers: Flamingoes Whip Namibia's Baby Gladiators". Silverbird television. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  14. ↑ "Under 17 Women's World Cup: Nigeria Edge China". PM News. March 17, 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  15. ↑ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Nigeria beat Mexico 3 – 0, to take on Spain in quarter-final". Nigerian Monitor. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  16. ↑ "NFF Announces Kit Numbers : Rasheedat Ajibade 10, Patience Dike 3, Omokwo 9". Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  17. ↑ "Prolific Strikers Rasheedat Ajibade, Aku Headline Nigeria 21-Player World Cup". All Nigeria Soccer. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  18. ↑ "Flamingoes Captain Ajibade: We Must Score Vs Korea And Advance". Complete Sports. October 6, 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  19. ↑ "Rasheedat Ajibade Shines As Nigeria Win 3–1 Against Canada". November 16, 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  20. ↑ "Rasheedat Ajibade at the double as Falconets thrashed Tanzania in Benin-city". Brila FM. September 16, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  21. ↑ "Nigeria demolish Tanzania 6–0 in World Cup qualifier". Dailytrust. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  22. ↑ "South Africa proved no match for Nigeria, says Rasheedat Ajibade". Yahoo. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  23. ↑ Samuel, Ahmadu (February 12, 2018). "FC Robo Queen's Rasheedat Ajibade tops Nigeria women squad for 2018 Wafu Women's Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  24. ↑ "WAFU: Falcons thrash Senegal 3–0 to qualify for semi-finals". The Punch. 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  25. ↑ "Rasheedat Ajibade hat-trick fires Super Falcons to WAFU Cup semis". Score Nigeria. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  26. ↑ "Okpotu Wins LBA/NPFL Player Of The Season Award + Full List Of Winners". Eagle Online. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  27. ↑ Don, Silas. "Mikel miss out as Moses, Ndidi, others win 2017/2018 Nigeria Pitch Awards". Dailypost. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  28. ↑ "Top 10: African most promising women footballers to watch in 2018". Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  29. ↑ "Moses, Oshoala Win at Maiden Aiteo/NFF Awards". ThisDay. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  30. ↑ "Super Falcons Outscore Mali To Claim WAFU Women's Cup Bronze". Complete Sports. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
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